Re: [SOLVEDish] Problem with MPD client but probably POE user error

On Feb 5, 2014, at 16:27, John <[email protected]> wrote:

> I added some print statements in POE's Aliases.pm in the sub=20
> _data_alias_resolve to see what aliases POE thought existed at any =
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> in time.  It turns out that at the time _start is executed the mpd =
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> was not registered yet!  I figure it is timing and not location.
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> Anyway, for debugging purposes I added a delayed event and that =
worked!
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> I will work with it to get a better understanding if it is timing or=20=

> just having it in _start but it seems I should be good not rushing =
things.

I didn't notice this problem because I expected POE::Component::MPD to =
set its own alias in its own _start routine.

_start is called before POE::Session->create() returns.  The predictable =
timing can be used to avoid problems like this.

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Rocco Caputo <[email protected]>=